Akyem Oda informal sector schooled on pensions
The National Pension Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has organised a two-day market activation and sensitisation programme for informal sector workers on the 3-tier pension scheme at Akyem Oda in the Eastern Region.
Two hundred and twenty informal sector workers, comprising drivers, traders, artisans, beauticians and hairdressers, were registered with two trustees at a well attended forum at the Oda Methodist Conference Centre.
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Contributions
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NPRA, Mr David Tetteh Amey Abbey, advised the contributors to pay their contributions to trustees of their choice.
He said because the contributors did not have regular income, they could contribute daily, weekly or monthly and could decide how much to contribute and when to contribute.
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Mr Abbey gave an assurance that contributors’ pensions were secured because there were strict laws governing such contributions.
He said the exercise undertaken at Oda formed part of the NPRA’s mandate to sensitise the public to pension matters in the country.
MCE’s advice
The Birim Central Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Madam Victoria Adu, encouraged workers in the informal sector to contribute towards their pension in order to enjoy some income during their old age when they could no longer work.
She said the government had put in place systems such as the free Senior High School (SHS) and LEAP, which were all social interventions to help save money, as a form of social security for the population.
Pension, the MCE said, was a positive way of tackling poverty in the country.
Other speakers at the function included Madam Rosina Akrofi, an officer at the Corporate Affairs Department of the NPRA.
